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Colorado employment returns to pre-recession levels

Colorado's employment level has returned to pre-recession levels, according to the Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting.

In a statement released Thursday, the OSPB said Colorado has seen the fourth-fastest job growth in the country since the end of the recession.

Total nonfarm jobs in April rose to about 2.36 million, up 10,900 from March. Colorado had about the same number of jobs in April 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Colorado has 6.9 percent unemployment, 0.6 percentage points lower than the national unemployment rate, according to the state Department of Labor and Employment.

The OSPB also said state revenue for the current fiscal year is expected to be $307.5 million, or 3.7 percent, higher than a projection in March because of greater-than-expected individual income-tax collections.

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